Mop



. y 14, 1929- G. BURLAT 1,713,374

IOP

Filed May 7. 1926 2 Sheets-She t 1 May 14, 1929. G. BURLAT I 1,113,374

IOP

Filed May 7, 1926 2 sneet-sneet 2 F *6 l, 7/ a J W W n wzwsms' Ijiwelilor Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STATES GUSTAVE BUBLAT, F VILLEURBANNE, FRANCE.

MOP.

Application Med May 7, 1926, Serial No. 107,512, and in France Iay 12,1925.

Mops with detachable fringes comprise a frame on which the fringe issecured, the fringe being removable therefrom in order that it may beeasily washed or changed as required. This detachable connection hashitherto been effected by means of buttons fringe to the frame, thebuttons or hooks no longer coincide with their respective openin s andthe attachment of the fringe is difiicult or impossible.

The present invention has for its object to provide a mop head withdetachable fringe the essential feature of which consists in the meansadopted to secure the fringe on the frame or head. For this purpose thelower surface of the frame is provided with an interrupted or continuousgroove of curvilinear contour in which the edge of the fringe is placed.The edge is thickened for this urpose and forms a pad which engages in te groove from which'it can only be removed by an endwise slidingmovement.

Consequently however much the fringe may become lengthened or shortenedthe edge thereof can always be inserted in the said fixing groove; it isheld firmly therein owing to the sinuous shape of the groove andwithout. the necessity for male and female engaging members.

The accompanying drawing illustrates by way of exam le, two forms ofconstruction of my improve mop head.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the fringe, with part in section,

Fi 2 is a plan view of the under side of the ame,

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2,

lg. 4 is a plan view of the top of the Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 ofFig. 4,

Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 2, the fringe bein in place, Fig.7 is a etail view of a modification and illustrates a method ofassembling the various parts of the frame, I

Fig. 8 is an underside plan view of a modified form of construction ofthe frame,

Fig. 9 is a section on line 9-9 of Fig. 8, Fig. 10 is a diagrammaticview showin the manner in which the fringe is arrange in the frame.

The fringe a (Fig. 1) is mounted on an edging b which connects thestrands of the fringe and inside which is placed a pad 0 of cord or anyother material.

The edging is thus in the form of a long pad from which the fringehangs.

' The frame, illustrated in Fi 2, is formed of two sheets of metal d, e0 suitable section and the assembling of which forms underneath anundercut groove comprising several portions f, g, h, i which are not incontinuation of one another.

In order to put the fringe in place one of the ends of its padded edgeis ushed into the groove f in the direction of t e arrow The other endof the padded edge which is thickened, is stopped at k and serves as afixing point. Then the edge is passed into the grooves g, h and finallyinto the middle groove 2.

In order to remove the fringe the reverse operation is performed.

The two plates (5, e can be connected by means of rivets or by bolts andnuts I.

In the modification of construction, illustrated in Fi 7, the plates d,e are connected by meanso bolts Z with winged or milledheaded nuts m. Inthis way, by unscrew the nuts the plates d, e can be slightly so ratedat the insertion of the fringe in or er to facilitate this operation, asthe thickness of the pad may not always be exactly uniform.

The mop-handle is fixed,'for instance, in

articulated on the upper part of i Having now particularly described andascertained the. nature of my said invention and in what manner the sameis to be performed, I declare that what I claim is A mop fabric having athickened flexible upper edge, and a frame having a perimetrical groovethe walls of which are rigid and said groove having a restrlctedentrance slot and corresponding cross-sectionally 1n size and shape withthe said thickened upper edge of the mop so that said thickened upperedge is engaged and held between said walls, and in which said edge isarranged by sliding movement longitudinally of said thickened edge. I Y

In witness whereof I affix my signature.

GU STAVE BURLAT.

